As digital technology continues to transform and reshape the transportation industry 
over the last few years, blockchain as a decentralized distributed technology has been embraced by other fields through various applications. It has found varied applications across banking, financial services, healthcare, e-governance, and voting.
Monthly Archives: February 2019
Digital technologies allow people to take on risks and explore new opportunities
In the era of digital technology, the structure of production as well as the interaction 
between humans and machines is being redefined. The diffusion and application of digital technology can increase productivity in an unprecedented manner, with potential to reshape the role of humans in the function of production. Jobs are the drivers of development and pillars of resilience for people. Five years ago, the World Development Report (WDR 2014), Risk and Opportunity – Managing Risk for Development, highlighted the role of enterprises in supporting people’s risk management by absorbing shocks and exploiting the opportunity side of risk. There have been heated debates on how technology may lead to risks, such as job loss and structural changes of employment. While the risks are real, the estimates of the impact of digital technology on employment vary widely, from substantial job loss for both skilled and the unskilled workers, to potential job gains thanks to the complementarity of humans and machines, as well as the income and wealth effect derived from higher productivity.
eC2: Developing digital applications in village service delivery: Software Development Services
Deadline: 21-Feb-2019 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.)
Requiring an eligible firm to provide software development services for a World Bank program related to improving village service delivery. The assignment will require the firm to design, develop, test, verify, commission various web based and mobile applications (incl. UI/UX and backend), based on latest software development frameworks. The firm will build, operate and transfer the complete technology to the respective government ministry for scaling the application at the project completion. The firm will also be required to pass a cyber-security audit from another agency, as per agreed terms and conditions with the end user of the application. The firm will provide complete documentation including design documents, testing/verification documents and source codes (with updated tracking changes) to the end user at the completion of the project. The firm will also provide technical support and assistance for a period of one year or more to the end user after the project completion.
eC2: Developing digital applications in village service delivery: human centered design
Deadline: 21-Feb-2019 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 
The assignment requires an eligible firm well-experienced in human-centered design to develop suitable UI/UX interface designs and dashboards for a number of different smartphone and web-based applications related to improving village service delivery. This assignment will require the firm to conduct key informant/expert interviews, focus groups, targeted surveys and other similar studies using the human centered design approach in at least 10 different locations throughout Indonesia.
Our children’s planet: What does their education have to do with climate change?
Our world is very different than our grandparent’s. In 1950, there were about 2.5 billion 
people; today, there are more than 7 billion. Overall, people are healthier, wealthier, and more secure.
But this has come at a cost. The stress on our planet has been immense. Human beings have dramatically altered the climate, changed the chemistry of the oceans, and triggered mass extinctions. The impact has been so great as to define an entirely new geological era — the Anthropocene, turbo charged by a “great acceleration” of population, economic growth and natural resource consumption since the 1950s.
eC2: Supply Chain Management Consultant
Deadline: 20-Feb-2019 at 11:59:59 PM (Eastern Time – Washington D.C.) 
IFC is seeking to contract a firm which has expertise in improving the productivity of raisin production by farmers and in developing raisin supply chain. The consultant will be working with an IFC client company and grapes farmers to improve the productivity and efficiency of clients raisin supply chain and to set in place a strong supply chain management and development capacity in order to ensure the long-term and reliable availability of raisins from farmers at competitive prices, in sufficient quantities and with the high quality required by the client. The overall objective of the assignment is to improve the productivity and efficiency of the farmers producing and supplying grapes to the Client.
The Consultant will also support IFC on collecting the data required for monitoring and evaluating the Projects impact on farmers and their livelihoods.
Data: Make it convenient, make it credible
We’re living in a time of disruptive technologies evolving at an exponential pace. Today, 
you can enjoy an Impossible Burger (meat industry disrupted) delivered by Caviar (food delivery disrupted) to your AirBnB (hotel industry disrupted) while you’re on FaceTime (telecommunication industry disrupted) urging your teenager to get back to lessons on Khan Academy (education industry disrupted). And all the while, you’re leaving a trail of digital data points.
Sustainable Mobility for All: Changing the mindset, changing policies
The global conversation on transport and mobility has evolved significantly over the past
five years. Take transport and climate, for instance: although data on the carbon footprint of major transport modes had been available for a long time, it was not until COP21 in 2015 that mobility became a central part of the climate agenda. The good news is that, during that same period, the space of solutions expanded as well. For example, data sharing is now viewed as an obvious way to promote better integration between urban transport modes in cities.
The rising cost of nutritious food in South Asia
A malnourished child will face poorer outcomes as an adult.
That’s why improving nutrition, especially in the early stages of life, is critical.
But whether an individual consumes—or not—nutritious food is contingent upon a myriad of factors, ranging from the availability of certain foods, how convenient they can be turned into meals, or simply, if they meet consumers’ tastes.
Netherlands for the World Bank 
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